Complete Definition of "shew"

English

Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb|shews|shewing|shewed|shewed or shewn

  1. archaic To show.
  2. To prove.
Quotations
RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis 12:1
1786: Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xiv.
????: M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG) page 40.

Verb
shew

  1. italbrac|East Anglia dialect simple past of|show

#: As I travelled the signposts shew me the way.

Category:English irregular simple past forms

Noun
en-noun

  1. archaic A show.

Category:English irregular verbs

ru:shew
te:shew
vi:shew

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